Carbohydrate-deficient transferrin and alcohol use in medical examiner cases

Alcohol

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-11

  Malcolm, Robert ^a   Anton, Raymond F ^a   Conradi, Sandra E ^a   Sutherland, Susan ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse Postmortem marker; Carbohydrate deficient transferrin

Indexed keywords

TRANSFERRIN;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; FORENSIC PATHOLOGY; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0032911659     PISSN: 07418329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0741-8329(98)00026-3     Document Type: Article

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